Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 716
re surface when it had hardened, taking care, MOSAIC SUBJECTS. 697 however, that too great a polish, by its reflection, might not marthe general efi:ect of his work. The great advantage of mosaicis that it resists humidity, and all which could change the colorsand the beauty of painting. Painting… … MOSAIC DOVES. Greeks attained to in that art. It represents a vase full of water,on the sides of which are four doves, one of which is in the actof drinking. It is supposed by some to be the mosaic of Perga-mus mentioned by Pliny. It is entirely composed of cubes ofmarble, without any admixture of…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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